Mortal: Even with a Heavenly Spiritual Root, I still have to try and get my hands on the Little Gree

The wildly popular online novel, "Mortal: Even with a Celestial Spiritual Root, You Still Have to Try to Get Your Hands Off the Little Green Bottle!", is a heartfelt work by the author Fat Cat Who Loves Salty Fish.

The transformation of sword energy into threads is a hallmark of Nascent Soul stage sword cultivators, representing a step into another dimension in the path of sword cultivation.

Only those sword cultivators who have mastered the technique of transforming sword energy into silk threads can be called true sword cultivators.

With Mu Yu's current swordsmanship skills, he is still a long way from reaching the point where sword energy can be transformed into silk.

In fact, Mu Yu can only use the Sword Shadow Splitting Technique to separate three sword shadows at present, which is the limit that the Qingyuan Sword Art can reach when cultivated to the Nascent Soul level.

However, with the blessing of the Azure Origin Sword Formation, the number of sword shadows that can be separated from each Azure Bamboo Bee Cloud Sword can reach nine.

The ability to transform sword energy into silk is the same. Mu Yu cannot transform sword energy into silk at all now, but with the support of the Qingyuan Sword Formation, he can use this supernatural ability of transforming sword energy into silk.

Once you reach the point where sword energy transforms into silk, the flying sword's attribute becomes irrelevant. Even a wood-attribute flying sword can possess sharpness and destructive power far exceeding that of a metal-attribute flying sword.

In theory, if Mu Yu can completely and perfectly transform sword energy into threads, he should be able to unleash the Great Geng Sword Formation even without using Geng metal.

Without Geng metal, it can no longer be called the Great Geng Sword Formation.

Therefore, at that point, there is no need to use the Great Geng Sword Formation anymore.

Why did Qing Yuanzi completely abandon the Great Geng Sword Formation after ascending to the Spirit Realm, and instead develop the "Spring Dawn" and "Azure Pan" sword formations?

The reason, of course, is the essence of the Great Geng Sword Formation, which is to use the sharpness brought by Geng metal to forcibly transform the flying swords of the wood attribute into Geng metal sword threads, thereby using their indestructible characteristics to kill the enemy.

However, once one masters the true sword energy transforming into silk divine power, the divine power contained in the Great Geng Sword Formation becomes less important.

In fact, Mu Yu's current Qingyuan Sword Formation is already no weaker than the Great Geng Sword Formation, which incorporates Geng metal into a magic weapon.

That is why, although Mu Yu obtained a lot of Geng metal, he did not refine it into his magic weapon.

"Right now, let's look at the strength of the sword energy in this sword formation. If it's not much less powerful than the Great Geng Sword Formation, then I won't need to refine Geng metal."

Under Mu Yu's control, the 648 sword shadows transformed into cyan threads that continuously slashed at the Yinluo Sect Master's demonic body.

The demonic body, imbued with the true demonic energy summoned using a secret technique, did not unleash its full power.

The ultimate demonic body, which should have been impervious to all magic and indestructible, was easily sliced ​​open by those fine blue lines.

So much so that the Yinluo Sect Master, who had used his strongest trump card and transformed into a true demon, and should have been able to slaughter everyone, could only do as much as possible avoid the dense threads, like a stray dog.

Why try to avoid it, rather than completely avoid it?

Naturally, it's because there's no way to dodge it, and no way to defend against it.

Even so, the Yinluo Sect Master still had to dodge, because if he didn't, he would probably be cut into mincemeat by these dense blue threads very soon.

"Sword energy turning into threads! How is this possible... with your cultivation level..."

At this moment, the Yinluo Sect Master was in a state of utter despair.

He never imagined that a cultivator at the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm could reach such a level.

Such a genius could actually be born in a remote place in the eyes of cultivators of the Great Jin Dynasty.

As long as he doesn't die, he will inevitably advance to the Nascent Soul stage.

At this moment, the sect leader of Yinluo Sect felt immense regret for his decision.

But faced with this desperate scene, he still did not give up. Instead, he took out a handful of blood-stained white beads from his storage bag and threw them out.

This item is the infamous "Blood Thunder Particle" of the demonic path, which is made from all sorts of extremely filthy things from heaven and earth, and has the miraculous effect of corrupting magical treasures.

Even if these flying swords are already sentient, once they are contaminated by this large area of ​​blood lightning, they will immediately lose all their spirituality and their power will be greatly reduced.

Although this contamination is not permanent, it will still take at least several years of painstaking work to restore the treasure to its original state.

It can be said that once this item takes effect, the sword formation will naturally collapse on its own.

Even after the sword formation is broken, the Yinluo Sect Master might still be able to find a way out of this desperate situation.

"Heh, interesting! If it were some other magical artifact, you might have actually succeeded."

Mu Yu smiled slightly and made a hand seal.

In an instant, golden light was released from the 648 cyan sword threads, followed by crackling thunder...

The handful of blood lightning bolts thrown out by the Yinluo Sect Master had not yet fully unleashed their power before they were all gradually annihilated under the cover of the Evil-Repelling Divine Lightning.

"Evil-repelling divine thunder???"

"You actually dared to use Golden Thunder Bamboo to forge natal magic weapons? And in such large quantities..."

Under the influence of the massive amount of exorcising divine thunder, the true demon body formed from true demonic energy dissipated by more than half in a single strike.

Seeing this, Mu Yu kindly offered an explanation:

"Don't misunderstand, I don't actually have that many Golden Thunder Bamboo Flying Swords. These are just projections of flying swords summoned under the blessing of the sword formation."

"There are only seventy-two... no, seventy-three complete sets of magical treasures made from Golden Thunder Bamboo."

"Therefore, theoretically I only have one set of Golden Thunder Bamboo magic weapon."

The Yinluo Sect Master, who was already nearly exhausted, was utterly devastated when he heard the number seventy-three.

What difference does 73 and 600 make to him?

The divine thunder generated by so many Golden Thunder Bamboo magic treasures could drown him even if it were to overwhelm him.

Had he known that the other party possessed so many Golden Thunder Bamboo Flying Swords, he would never have come, even if he were only at the early Nascent Soul stage.

"I see. It seems I have no chance of survival today."

Although he was still desperately resisting the cutting of the cyan sword threads, the Yinluo Sect Master's eyes were now filled with despair.

At that moment, Mu Yu suddenly sensed an ominous sign about to descend.

Although it was only a minor calamity, it still made Mu Yu subconsciously use the Wind Escape Technique to escape to the edge of the formation.

A desperate counterattack from a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator? Perhaps it's best not to try.

Without the slightest hesitation, Mu Yu manipulated the Reversed Five Elements Array, teleporting himself to another array space.

Having fought for so long, Mu Yu had naturally secretly gained some access to the Reversal of the Five Elements Formation.

Although he couldn't immediately control the entire formation, teleporting himself away was still no problem.

Before teleporting, Mu Yu casually tossed a tiny, rice-grain-sized cyan light dot into the Azure Origin Sword Formation.

The cyan light that Mu Yu flung out was naturally the core sword pellet of the Azure Bamboo Bee Cloud Sword.

With the support of the Azure Origin Sword Qi condensed within this sword pellet, even a Demonic Nascent Soul cultivator can control the Azure Origin Sword Formation in a short time.

Although the cultivation method of the Demonic Nascent Soul is different, the Demonic Nascent Soul is the second Nascent Soul that Mu Yu refined, and the divided soul deep within its Nascent Soul is no different from Mu Yu's original body.

Therefore, it's not a problem to control the Azure Origin Sword Formation for a short period of time.

Currently, the Yinluo Sect Master's physical body within the Qingyuan Sword Formation has become severely damaged, with countless azure sword threads still relentlessly cutting through it.

It can be said that this battle has essentially come to an end.

"Crackling and popping~"

As the golden lightning bolt struck down once more, the Yinluo Sect Master suddenly separated his nascent soul from his body, abandoning his physical form.

Next, the Nascent Soul teleported and suddenly disappeared. Given the current state of the demonic Nascent Soul, it was impossible to find where the Yinluo Sect Master's Nascent Soul had appeared.

But there was no need to search at all; in an instant, the Yinluo Sect Master's nascent soul reappeared within the Qingyuan Sword Formation.

Sword formation is also a type of formation. As long as the formation is not broken, even a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator will not be able to escape from it.

"Do you really think I was just bluffing when I said I'd take you down with me?"

The eyes of the Yinluo Sect Master's Nascent Soul flashed with the madness of being driven to a dead end, and the black flying sword, which was suspected to be his natal magic weapon, actually self-destructed at this moment.

Immediately afterwards, the three Nascent Soul stage corpses outside the Azure Origin Sword Formation also suddenly went berserk, releasing a large amount of corpse energy around them. They broke through the combined encirclement of fifty Nascent Soul stage puppets and arrived near the Azure Origin Sword Formation.

Upon seeing this, the Nascent Soul cultivator of the Demonic Path had a hint of doubt in his eyes.

The opponent still has such methods left, but if that's the case, why didn't they launch an attack together with the three refined corpses when they used the True Demon Body?

After a brief hesitation, the demonic nascent soul unleashed a Yin Demon Slash that struck the three corpses below.

A blinding burst of blood-red light erupted from below, and the Yin Demon Slash, which the demonic nascent soul had been refining for over ten years, finally unleashed its full power.

A semi-circular crimson slash swept across, directly interrupting the approach of the three reanimated corpses.

Just as the demonic Nascent Soul was urging the fifty-odd Nascent Soul stage puppets to surround them, the Nascent Soul of the Yinluo Sect Master within the Azure Origin Sword Formation returned to his remaining body once more.

The next moment, the remains of the Yinluo Sect Master self-destructed.

Immediately afterwards, the Nascent Soul of the Yinluo Sect Master also self-destructed at the same time.

The late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator self-destructed his physical body and Nascent Soul, and his powerful energy directly shattered the Azure Origin Sword Formation set up by Mu Yu.

In the blink of an eye, countless mysterious black threads appeared and spread throughout the entire array space, and everything except Ti Hun was infected by the mysterious black threads.

Only now did the demonic nascent soul recognize that the black threads were actually the nascent soul of the Yinluo Sect Master.

Only now did the demonic nascent soul recognize that the black threads were actually the nascent soul of the Yinluo Sect Master.

"Damn it, it's a Soul-Sealing Curse!!!"

At this moment, the demonic nascent soul immediately activated the Profound Yin Scripture within its body, attempting to suppress the Soul-Sealing Curse that had invaded its body with pure Profound Yin demonic energy.

The effect was somewhat there, but not much.

At this moment, the only thing the demonic nascent soul could be thankful for was that its main body had already left the array space, and only the second nascent soul had been hit by the Soul-Sealing Curse unleashed when the Yinluo Sect Master self-destructed.

But if the original body were still there, it might be able to withstand the evil-repelling divine lightning.

As for the weeping soul...

That thing's yellow mist from its nose could devour demons and ghosts, so the Soul-Sealing Curse had no effect on it at all.

The black thread formed from the nascent soul of the Yinluo Sect Master was completely absorbed by the yellow mist sprayed from Tihun's nostrils before it even got close to Tihun.

Unfortunately, the black lines formed by the Yinluo Sect Master's nascent soul activated too quickly; otherwise, the demonic nascent soul might have been able to dodge it by hiding behind Tihun.

After the Nascent Soul self-destructed, the Yinluo Sect Master had no chance of survival. The only possible surviving split soul was not a concern because Tihun was nearby.

Therefore, the demonic nascent soul ignored everything outside and did its best to suppress the Soul Sealing Curse within its body, while the Crying Soul absorbed the black threads formed by the nascent soul everywhere.

After all the black threads were absorbed, Ti Hun ran to the three Nascent Soul stage corpses and began to absorb their corpse energy.

At this moment, these three golden-armored corpses, having lost their master, should be going berserk and acting on instinct.

However, because the black threads that the Yinluo Sect Master transformed into when his Nascent Soul self-destructed were indiscriminate attacks, these refining corpses were naturally also affected by the Soul Sealing Curse.

It's utterly ridiculous that a refined corpse was afflicted by a soul-sealing curse.

However, this Soul-Sealing Curse was quite powerful, and it actually had some effect on the corpse-refining process, restricting the corpse's instinctive reactions. This allowed the Crying Soul to safely absorb the corpse energy from their bodies.

……

After some time, Mu Yu finally regained control of the Inverted Five Elements Array in another array space.

Immediately after using her innate senses to confirm there was no danger, Mu Yu returned to this side.

As soon as he entered, Mu Yu saw the demonic nascent soul sitting cross-legged, currently activating a secret technique from the Profound Yin Scripture.

"What happened?"

Out of caution, Mu Yu did not immediately share memories with the split soul within the demonic nascent soul, but instead asked directly.

Upon hearing this, the demonic nascent soul opened its eyes and said, "This nascent soul is afflicted by the Soul-Sealing Curse. Without a way to undo the curse, this nascent soul is ruined."

"However, the restriction you left on this nascent soul has reduced the activation time of the Soul Sealing Curse."

Although Mu Yu had long been prepared for the possibility of damaging a Nascent Soul cultivator, he was still somewhat surprised that a Nascent Soul cultivator from the Demonic Path had been affected by the Soul-Sealing Curse.

Was I just shielding Nangong Wan from disaster?

After thinking it over, Mu Yu ultimately couldn't bear to destroy the demonic nascent soul.

Completely separating a fragment of the soul is very painful, and refining a second nascent soul is not so easy either.

Given the number of Nascent Souls currently in Mu Yu's body, no one knows what would happen if she were to refine a new Demonic Nascent Soul.

If there's really no hope, then giving up isn't a big deal, but since there's still a way, let's try to save it.

"I will use the feigned death technique from the Profound Yin Scripture to seal you away first. After I have crafted the Myriad Soul Banner, I will then implant this treasure into your nascent soul."

"Before the Soul Sealing Curse is lifted, you should focus all your efforts on nurturing and refining the Myriad Soul Banner, this magical treasure."

Mu Yu spoke, then activated the restrictions on the demonic nascent soul, completely suppressing the divided soul within the nascent soul.

The current state of the demonic nascent soul is probably similar to the four nascent souls within Mu Yu's body, all of which are in a state of being suppressed and having their souls divided.

However, unlike Mu Yu, the memories within the split soul of the Demonic Nascent Soul were not synchronized with Mu Yu's memories at all times.

Mu Yu took out a Soul Nourishing Bowl, stuffed the demonic nascent soul into it, affixed some restrictive talismans to the bowl, and then put it into his storage bag.

Next, Mu Yu surveyed the chaotic battlefield, sorted the puppets into categories, and then turned to look at his spoils of war.

Without the help of a demonic Nascent Soul cultivator, Mu Yu had to clean up the mess himself.

First, I picked up the Ghost Banner, which was mostly broken, examined it for a few moments, then affixed a restriction talisman to it and put it into my storage bag.

Next was the Yinluo Sect Master's storage bag, and... those three golden-armored corpses that were almost completely drained by the Soul-Crying Demon.

"Huh? This thing can also be affected by a soul-sealing curse? Well, that saves me the trouble."

Seeing that the corpse energy on the mountain had greatly diminished, leaving only the powerful flesh of the refined corpse, Mu Yu did not feel any reluctance.

Therefore, even if this item is not destroyed, Mu Yu will most likely try to sell it or get rid of the corpse energy.

Let's put it away for now.

When I have time later, I'll see if I can eventually refine a puppet, or perhaps some other treasure.

"Alright, come back. We should leave some corpse energy for those three. Otherwise, they'll be crippled before I can even do anything."

Mu Yu spoke, calling over the somewhat reluctant Ti Hun.

Tihun returned, looking back every few steps, and before he could even get into the spirit beast pouch, he couldn't help but fall asleep at Mu Yu's feet.

Somewhat amusingly, they put the Crying Soul into their spirit beast pouch, and then it was time for the post-battle cleanup.

Overall, it wasn't a huge profit, but it wasn't a huge loss either.

For Mu Yu, killing a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator at such a low price was already a very worthwhile deal.

Keep in mind that he is only at the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm now. Once he reaches the middle stage of the Nascent Soul realm, it will be much easier for him to deal with cultivators at the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

……

Mu Yu, who returned to Tianyi City alone, had a conversation with Saintess Mulan for a while.

Then, without stopping, he went to kill the fourth elder of the Yinluo Sect who was hiding near Tianyi City.

The whole process was basically effortless; Mu Yu simply set up the Azure Origin Sword Formation and easily killed his opponent.

This time, Mu Yu once again acquired a Nascent Soul and completed the soul search on it.

Although the fourth elder of the Yinluo Sect did not know how to break the Soul Sealing Curse, he knew how to use it. Although this could not help Mu Yu's second nascent soul break the curse, it could alleviate the problem slightly.

After acquiring another Ghost Banner, Mu Yu returned to Yellow Maple Valley.

The news of Mu Yu killing a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator didn't spread until more than half a month later.

At first, many people thought that Mu Yu had somehow reached a reconciliation with the Yinluo Sect Master.

Later, a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator went to see the battlefield where Mu Yu and the Yinluo Sect Master fought, and finally came to a conclusion.

Thus, the news of Mu Yu killing a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator spread far and wide, though many cultivators still refused to believe it.

Mu Yu didn't care about this. After returning to Huangfeng Valley, he immediately began preparing to refine the Ten Thousand Soul Banner.

Mu Yu has decided to use Soul Nourishing Wood and Spirit Eye Tree as the main materials for the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, but it is very difficult to decide what materials to use for the banner surface.

Using ordinary transformed-stage demon beast hides would be fine; Mu Yu still has three complete transformed-stage demon beast corpses in his storage bag.

But Mu Yu wanted to use some better materials...

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